How to Watch 2024 Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Free Online
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New Year’s Eve revelers across the globe can watch the iconic Times Square Ball Drop live from New York City online for free– in addition to several other performances and live broadcasts ushering in 2024.
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On traditional TV, Times Square will be a central locale as part of the slate of programming airing on ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN. That will include ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” (featuring live performances by LL Cool J, Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll with Jessie Murph, Sabrina Carpenter and Tyla), CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen” (featuring performances by Enrique Iglesias, Maroon 5, Jonas Brothers, Flo Rida, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Rod Stewart); and Univision’s “¡Feliz 2023!” (featuring Maria Becerra and Yng Lvcas).
The best way for cable-cutters to tune into any of the above live broadcasts is on a live TV streamer such as DirecTV Stream, Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV or FuboTV.
Aside from the Times Square Ball Drop, you can also ring in the New Year with CBS’s “Nashville’s Big Bash,” a five-hour special featuring performances by Morgan Wallen, Bailey Zimmerman, Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson, Thomas Rhett and dozens more country stars. The special airs in two two-and-a-half-hour blocks for a total of five hours — 7:30-10 p.m. ET/PT, followed after a half-hour break for locals news by a part two running from 10:30 p.m.-1:05 a.m. ET/PT. The show will also stream live and on-demand for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers (and on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers starting the following day).
The entirety of the six-hour Times Square 2024 livestream will be available for free on multiple websites, including TimesSquareNYC.org and TimesSquareBall.net, powered by Vimeo’s Livestream platform.It will start at 6 p.m. ET on Dec. 31, 2023, and end at 12:15 a.m. ET on Jan. 1, 2024.
The Times Square New Year’s Eve livestream will feature performances by Paul Anka and Flo Rida, and just after the midnight celebration at 12:04 am, a surprise video appearance and performance presented by Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The evening will kick off at 6 p.m. ET with the lighting and raising of the New Year’s Eve Ball at the top of One Times Square. Returning as the livestream’s host is actor and TV personality Jonathan Bennett (“Mean Girls,” Hallmark’s “The Holiday Sitter,” Food Network’s “Cake Wars”). Bennett will be joined by co-host Jeremy Hassell, who has been a part of the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration since 2016.
Check out the evening’s full schedule for the 2024 Times Square Ball Drop below:
6:00pm to 6:03pm
Lighting and Raising the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball
6:04pm to 6:05pm
Times Square Reveler Stories
6:06pm to 6:18pm
SAFA Chinese Cultural Performance
6:30pm
Times Square 2024 Hats, Balloons, Eyeglasses, Necklaces, Gloves and Scarves
6:57pm to 7:00pm
Hourly Kia Countdown with Jaymes Vaughan
7:01pm to 7:02pm
Times Square Reveler Stories
7:05pm to 7:17pm
New Year’s Eve Musical Performance by Megan Thee Stallion
7:56pm to 8:00pm
Hourly Kia Countdown with Gotham FC
8:01pm to 8:02pm
Times Square Reveler Stories
Co-Host Jeremy Hassell talks with Times Square revelers.
8:03pm to 8:08pm
New Year’s Eve Dance Performance by AGNEW
8:10pm to 8:12pm
Highlights of Good Riddance Day
8:30pm to 8:35pm
ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”: Performance by Tyla
8:37pm to 8:55pm
Roaming Street Performance by Triad Brass
8:57pm to 9:00pm
Hourly Kia Countdown with Jeremy Hassell
9:02pm to 9:05pm
Kia NYE Inspiration
9:10pm to 9:29pm
New Year’s Eve Musical Performance by Flo Rida
9:37pm to 9:43pm
ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”: Performance by Sabrina Carpenter
9:49pm to 9:52pm
Celebrate Every Kiss with Kay
9:57pm to 10:00pm
Hourly Kia Countdown with Planet Fitness
10:01pm to 10:02pm
Times Square Reveler Stories
10:04pm to 10:08pm
Univision’s ¡Feliz 2024!: Performance by Maria Becerra
10:09pm to 10:12pm
Carnival “Choose Fun” Moment
10:21pm to 10:24pm
#KayKissCountdown TikTok Hashtag Challenge
10:34pm to 10:40pm
ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”: Performance by Jelly Roll
10:45pm to 10:48pm
Kay’s New Year’s Eve Wish
10:57pm to 11:00pm
Hourly Kia Countdown with Raúl de Molina
11:02pm to 11:07pm
Univision’s ¡Feliz 2024!: Performance by Yng Lvcas
11:08pm to 11:11pm
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Celebrates
11:12pm to 11:14pm
Times Square talks with NYC Mayor Eric Adams
11:16pm to 11:20pm
The Associated Press Presents 2023 Year-In-Review Video Highlights
11:38pm to 11:46pm
ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”: LL Cool J
11:51pm to 11:58pm
Special Musical Performance by Paul Anka
11:59pm
The Sixty-Second Countdown
The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball
12:00am — New Year’s Day
2024 Sign
Times Square Confetti Release and Pyrotechnic Effects
12:04am to 12:09am
Fontainebleau 70th Anniversary Surprise Video Performance and Ball Re-lighting
12:15am — End of Show
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